
A spirit of optimism at the Hannover Messe
The exhibitors at Hannover Messe and Deutsche Messe as the organizer have drawn a consistently positive conclusion from this year's event.
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The exhibitors at Hannover Messe and Deutsche Messe as the organizer have drawn a consistently positive conclusion from this year's event.

The Festo Group achieved double-digit growth for another year in a row: its turnover rose by 13.4% to EUR 3.81 billion in 2022 (previous year: EUR 3.36 billion).

The use of Profinet with 100 Mbit/s or Gigabit Ethernet does not have to be mutually exclusive when implementing industrial machine networks, as Helmholz demonstrates with the 'Flextra Profinet switch'.

The 'IGS-9084GP-LA' from ORing Industrial Networking expands the portfolio of managed Ethernet switches from ICP Germany with a slim-type variant.
At the Hannover Messe, Vodafone is presenting a solution that enables companies to set up a self-sufficient campus network based on 5G. The "Dedicated Multi-Access Edge Computing" service will be added to the offering so that sensitive data does not have to leave the campus.

To mark 20 years of EtherCAT, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is publishing node figures for the first time: The Group counts a total of 59.1 million nodes. Growth has been exponential since 2014 and 18.4 million were added in 2022 alone.

With the 'File Read' function of the dataFEED OPC Suite Extended V5.25, Softing enables access to process data that is available via XML files.
Endress+Hauser carried out two load tests that simulate the realistic Ethernet-APL setup with components from various manufacturers. According to the measurement technology manufacturer, the results confirm Ethernet-APL as a new milestone for industrial communication.

On March 1, 2023, there was a change in management at the family-owned company Stöber Antriebstechnik: Rainer Wegener takes over the management from Patrick Stöber and Andreas Thiel.

With effect from April 1, 2023, the Supervisory Board of Lapp Holding has appointed Hubertus Breier (45) as the new Chief Innovation and Technology Officer.